The Burlington Police Department is announcing the addition of a new police dog added to their canine unit.

The new dog, Shadow, will be handled by Officer Wesley Walker who is assigned to the Alamance Narcotics Enforcement Team (ANET).

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Shadow is a single purpose canine and is trained to detect illegal narcotics. The police department worked with Burlington Animal Services Pet Adoption Center and adopted Shadow from the shelter during the end of 2017. He has been in training since December and recently was certified in drug detection by International Police Work Dog Association.

"The police department would also like to thank all of the fifth grade DARE students in the City of Burlington that helped name Shadow during his adoption and training process," a press release said.

The students were provided with a list of names to choose from and overwhelmingly voted for the name of "Shadow."